Description

WOKINGHAM BROAD STREET
SU 8168 NW
(North side)
18/8 No. 39 (Oxford House)
12.11.51
G.V. II
Town house, now offices and part house. Early C18 rebuild of early C17
house, extended late C19, altered mid C20. Plum brick with red brick
dressings; old tile gabled roofs with ridge of C19 terracotta cresting.
Rectangular plan with 2 hipped dormers facing road and extensions at rear
and right hand side with one hipped dormer. Some old brickwork visible
on rear gable. 2 storeys, cellars and attics; part I½ storeys. Brick
string at first floor level, and moulded brick course below moulded
wooden eaves cornice. 4 bay front. Sash windows with stone cills and
panelled sun blind casings; rubbed brick heads with scrolled carving on the
first floor. Glazing altered. 6 panel door in second bay from right, in
panelled reveal with architrave, plain rectangular fanlight, under a
coved shell hood with cornice and offsets on elaborately carved brackets
of acanthus pattern. Interior:- C18 open well stair with column on vase
balusters, heavily moulded handrail and square newels. B.O.E. (Berkshire)
p.309.

Listing NGR: SU8104968710

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26411514

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Recommended Books

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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)